Patents by Inventor Nobuaki Takanashi

Nobuaki Takanashi has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 9544556
    Abstract: A projection control apparatus, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. A projection control apparatus may include a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to process the instructions to: cause a projection apparatus to project an image; detect a user operation; control the projection apparatus to change projection parameters upon detecting a first user operation; and control the one or more processors to change the image without changing the projection parameters upon detecting a second user operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi Hiroi, Nobuaki Takanashi, Yoshiaki Sato, Hiroyuki Watanabe, Takafumi Kurokawa, Kenji Akiyoshi, Ryohtaroh Tanimura
  • Patent number: 9516298
    Abstract: In a three-dimensional image display device for displaying color three-dimensional images, a fly eye lens, a display panel, and a light source are provided in this order from the observer side. A display panel has four pixels arrayed in a (2×2) matrix correlated with one lens element of the fly eye lens. In the event that j is a natural number, a pixel magnifying projection width e in a second direction is set in a range of the following expression according to mean interpupillary distance Y of the observers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin-ichi Uehara, Naoyasu Ikeda, Nobuaki Takanashi
  • Publication number: 20150304615
    Abstract: A projection control apparatus, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. A projection control apparatus may include a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to process the instructions to: cause a projection apparatus to project an image; detect a user operation; control the projection apparatus to change projection parameters upon detecting a first user operation; and control the one or more processors to change the image without changing the projection parameters upon detecting a second user operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi HIROI, Nobuaki TAKANASHI, Yoshiaki SATO, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Takafumi KUROKAWA, Kenji AKIYOSHI, Ryohtaroh TANIMURA
  • Publication number: 20150302549
    Abstract: An information processing system, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The information processing system may include a memory storing instructions; and at least one processor configured to process the instructions to detect an actual object, determine at least one of an orientation and a position of a first image within a projection surface, based on at least one of an orientation and a position of the actual object, and project the first image onto the projection surface in at least one of the determined position and determined orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: NEC Corporation, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi HIROI, Yoshiaki SATO, Nobuaki TAKANASHI, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Takafumi KUROKAWA, Ryohtaroh TANIMURA, Kenji AKIYOSHI
  • Publication number: 20150302784
    Abstract: An information processing system, method and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium are disclosed. The information processing system may include a memory storing instructions; and one or more processors configured to process the instructions to detect an actual object, project a first image, detect a user's operation on the actual object, and execute a task regarding the first image on the basis of the user's operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicants: NEC CORPORATION, NEC SOLUTION INNOVATORS, LTD.
    Inventors: Noriyoshi HIROI, Nobuaki TAKANASHI, Yoshiaki SATO, Hiroyuki WATANABE, Takafumi KUROKAWA, Kenji AKIYOSHI, Ryohtaroh TANIMURA
  • Patent number: 9158108
    Abstract: An optical scanning device includes movable mirror (21) reflecting a light beam applied thereto, first beam (22) joined to an end of movable mirror (21), second beam (23) joined to another end of movable mirror (21), first piezoelectric element (11) generating stress or swinging movable mirror (21) through first beam (22), and second piezoelectric element (12) generating stress for swinging movable mirror (21) through first beam (22). First and second piezoelectric elements (11, 12) have respective patterns whose longitudinal directions are aligned with a longitudinal direction of first beam (11). First and second piezoelectric elements (11, 12) are disposed on a support plate (3) which is joined to the first and second beams (22 23) and with an insulative distance being present between first and second piezoelectric elements (11, 12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Nobuaki Takanashi
  • Patent number: 9122059
    Abstract: Optical scanning device 1 according to the present invention includes: main movable portion 10; a pair of torsionally deformable main torsion beams 21 and 22 arranged opposite to each other at both ends of main movable portion 10 and swingably supporting main movable portion 10; and main driving unit 30 that drives main movable portion 10 to oscillate. Main movable portion 10 includes mirror unit 11 having reflection surface 11a for reflecting light, and a pair of permanent magnets 12 and 13 arranged opposite to each other to sandwich mirror unit 11, each permanent magnet extending along oscillation axis X-X of main movable portion 10. Main driving unit 30 includes yoke unit 31, 32, and 33 arranged along oscillation axis X-X of main movable portion 10 to surround permanent magnets 12 and 13, and coil 34 wound on yoke unit 31, 32, and 33 and configured to be energized to magnetize yoke unit 31, 32, and 33, thereby generating magnetic fields to be applied on permanent magnets 12 and 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Nobuaki Takanashi
  • Patent number: 8970484
    Abstract: Provided is a three dimensional display device that includes: three dimensional image display unit (1) having display surface (11) for spatially separating and displaying parallax images corresponding to at least two viewpoints; and force sense generation unit (2) configured to generate a sound wave toward display surface (11) of three dimensional display unit (1) and then generate predetermined pressure of the sound wave reflected on display surface (11) at a position spatially similar to the position of three dimensional image (8) displayed by three dimensional display unit (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Imai, Nobuaki Takanashi, Fujio Okumura
  • Patent number: 8922862
    Abstract: A magnetic force drive device (7) has the first movable part (100) and the first driving unit (200). The first movable part (100) has the first movable plate (111), and a permanent magnet (120) that is magnetized in a direction substantially parallel to the first movable plate (111), and is supported by the first frame body (112) and the first pair of beam parts (113), so as to be able to oscillate around the Y axis, which is substantially parallel to the first movable plate (111) and substantially perpendicular to the direction in which the permanent magnet (120) is magnetized. The first driving unit (200) has a yoke (210), and a coil (220) that magnetizes the yoke (210). The yoke (210) has the first end part (211a), and a second end part (212a) that is placed on substantially the opposite side of the first end part (211a) against one magnetic pole of the permanent magnet (120).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Nobuaki Takanashi
  • Publication number: 20140118809
    Abstract: Provided is an optical scanning device capable of solving the problem of low driving efficiency. A pair of coupling parts 12 join both ends of movable mirror part 11 having a reflective plane that reflects light to respective supporting parts 13. Each coupling part 12 has magnet part 21 having a permanent magnet, first spring part 22 that couples magnet part 21 to supporting part 13 in an oscillatable manner, and a second spring part that couples movable mirror part 11 to magnet part 21 in an oscillatable manner. Driver 14 generates magnetic fields acting on magnet part 21 to oscillate magnetic part 21 and thereby oscillate movable mirror part 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Kenji Tagami, Nobuaki Takanashi
  • Publication number: 20140043680
    Abstract: A marker for lens is provided as aligning unit in a lenticular lens of an optical unit, and a marker for display panel is provided as aligning unit in a transmissive liquid crystal display panel of the display panel. A fixing unit is provided in at least a part of an area that encloses an image display area of the lenticular lens. An image display device is formed in such a manner that alignment between the lenticular lens and the liquid crystal display panel is performed by the marker for lens and the marker for display panel and the lenticular lens is fixed to a surface of the liquid crystal display panel on the side of a viewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Publication date: February 13, 2014
    Applicant: NLT TECHNOLOGIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Shin-ichi UEHARA, Nobuaki TAKANASHI
  • Patent number: 8614774
    Abstract: In an image display device where a lenticular lens, a display panel, and a light source are provided in order from a viewer side, when cylindrical lenses of the lenticular lens are arrayed in a horizontal direction, in first-viewpoint pixels and second-viewpoint pixels of the display panel, openings whose sides which intersect with straight lines in the horizontal direction are not parallel to a vertical direction are formed. And, a shape of the openings of a pair of pixels mutually adjacent in the vertical direction is made line-symmetric with respect to edges of the pixels extending in the horizontal direction as an axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin-ichi Uehara, Masao Iriguchi, Naoyasu Ikeda, Nobuaki Takanashi
  • Publication number: 20130278984
    Abstract: Optical scanning device 10 according to the present invention includes: plate-like movable mirror 11 having reflection surface 12 for reflecting light on one surface, and piezoelectric unit 13 including a plurality of piezoelectric elements on the other surface; a pair of torsionally deformable torsion beams 2 and 3 arranged opposite to each other at both ends of movable mirror 11 and swingably supporting movable mirror 11; driving units 4 and 5 for driving movable mirror 11 to oscillate; and compensating voltage application means 8 for applying a compensating voltage that is an alternating-current voltage to piezoelectric unit 13 when movable mirror 11 oscillates, thereby causing compensatory deformation in movable mirror 11 to compensate for deformation that occurs in movable mirror 11 due to the oscillation of movable mirror 11.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Nobuaki Takanashi
  • Publication number: 20130229698
    Abstract: Optical scanning device 1 according to the present invention includes: main movable portion 10; a pair of torsionally deformable main torsion beams 21 and 22 arranged opposite to each other at both ends of main movable portion 10 and swingably supporting main movable portion 10; and main driving unit 30 that drives main movable portion 10 to oscillate. Main movable portion 10 includes mirror unit 11 having reflection surface 11a for reflecting light, and a pair of permanent magnets 12 and 13 arranged opposite to each other to sandwich mirror unit 11, each permanent magnet extending along oscillation axis X-X of main movable portion 10. Main driving unit 30 includes yoke unit 31, 32, and 33 arranged along oscillation axis X-X of main movable portion 10 to surround permanent magnets 12 and 13, and coil 34 wound on yoke unit 31, 32, and 33 and configured to be energized to magnetize yoke unit 31, 32, and 33, thereby generating magnetic fields to be applied on permanent magnets 12 and 13.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Nobuaki Takanashi
  • Publication number: 20130128328
    Abstract: An optical scanning device includes movable mirror (21) reflecting a light beam applied thereto, first beam (22) joined to an end of movable mirror (21), second beam (23) joined to another end of movable mirror (21), first piezoelectric element (11) generating stress or swinging movable mirror (21) through first beam (22), and second piezoelectric element (12) generating stress for swinging movable mirror (21) through first beam (22). First and second piezoelectric elements (11, 12) have respective patterns whose longitudinal directions are aligned with a longitudinal direction of first beam (11). First and second piezoelectric elements (11, 12) are disposed on a support plate (3) which is joined to the first and second beams (22 23) and with an insulative distance being present between first and second piezoelectric elements (11, 12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Nobuaki Takanashi
  • Publication number: 20130120247
    Abstract: Provided is a three dimensional display device that includes: three dimensional image display unit (1) having display surface (11) for spatially separating and displaying parallax images corresponding to at least two viewpoints; and force sense generation unit (2) configured to generate a sound wave toward display surface (11) of three dimensional display unit (1) and then generate predetermined pressure of the sound wave reflected on display surface (11) at a position spatially similar to the position of three dimensional image (8) displayed by three dimensional display unit (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Imai, Nobuaki Takanashi, Fujio Okumura
  • Publication number: 20130063799
    Abstract: A magnetic force drive device (7) has the first movable part (100) and the first driving unit (200). The first movable part (100) has the first movable plate (111), and a permanent magnet (120) that is magnetized in a direction substantially parallel to the first movable plate (111), and is supported by the first frame body (112) and the first pair of beam parts (113), so as to be able to oscillate around the Y axis, which is substantially parallel to the first movable plate (111) and substantially perpendicular to the direction in which the permanent magnet (120) is magnetized. The first driving unit (200) has a yoke (210), and a coil (220) that magnetizes the yoke (210). The yoke (210) has the first end part (211a), and a second end part (212a) that is placed on substantially the opposite side of the first end part (211a) against one magnetic pole of the permanent magnet (120).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takeshi Honda, Nobuaki Takanashi
  • Patent number: 8379178
    Abstract: In an image display device where a lenticular lens, a display panel, and a light source are provided in order from a viewer side, when cylindrical lenses of the lenticular lens are arrayed in a horizontal direction, in first-viewpoint pixels and second-viewpoint pixels of the display panel, openings whose sides which intersect with straight lines in the horizontal direction are not parallel to a vertical direction are formed. And, a shape of the openings of a pair of pixels mutually adjacent in the vertical direction is made line-symmetric with respect to edges of the pixels extending in the horizontal direction as an axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin-ichi Uehara, Masao Iriguchi, Naoyasu Ikeda, Nobuaki Takanashi
  • Patent number: 8325297
    Abstract: In a display panel, a plurality of pixel sections are arranged in the form of a matrix. Each of the pixel sections includes a pixel for displaying an image for the left eye and a pixel for displaying an image for the right eye. Lenticular lens having repeated convex surfaces is disposed in front of the display panel to deflect the light emitted from each pixel in the horizontal direction from the pixel for displaying the image for the left eye to the pixel for displaying the image for the right eye in each pixel section. Reflection plate reflects the exterior light toward the display panel and has surface projections on the surface. In this case, the focal distance f of the lens is different from the distance H between the surface of the reflection plate and the apex of the lens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: NLT Technologies
    Inventors: Shin-ichi Uehara, Nobuaki Takanashi
  • Patent number: 8320041
    Abstract: A three-dimensional image display device is provided with a display panel. The display panel is provided with a plurality of pixels for the right eyes and pixels for the left eye, and light emitted from the pixels for the right eye is made incident to the right eye of a viewer and light emitted from the pixels for the left eye is made incident to the left eye. When the normal distance between the display panel and the viewer is set to a maximum observation distance, D (mm), then definition X (dpi) of at least one of a vertical direction and a horizontal direction on a display plane of the display panel is set as in the following expression. X ? 25.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: NLT Technologies, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin-ichi Uehara, Masao Imai, Nobuaki Takanashi, Setsuo Kaneko